100 Top MBA employers
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Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
1
Google
241
20.25%
2
McKinsey & Company
N.A.
16.19%
3
The Boston Consulting Group
N.A.
12.56%
4
Bain & Company
N.A.
11.86%
5
Starbucks
310
10.77%
6
Goldman Sachs
24
9.75%
6
Apple
121
9.75%
8
Johnson & Johnson
36
9.26%
9
Walt Disney
64
7.80%
10
Procter & Gamble
25
7.53%
11
Nike
158
7.47%
12
L'Oréal
N.A.
6.66%
12
LVMH
N.A.
6.66%
14
American Express
79
6.55%
15
Citigroup
8
6.50%
16
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
381
6.23%
16
Booz Allen Hamilton
N.A.
6.23%
16
Deloitte
N.A.
6.23%
19
Target
33
5.79%
20
Bank of America
9
5.63%
21
Morgan Stanley
20
5.36%
22
PepsiCo
63
5.20%
23
Gap
144
5.14%
24
Lehman Brothers
47
5.04%
24
General Electric
6
5.04%
26
Genentech
N.A.
4.93%
27
Coca-Cola
94
4.87%
28
Yahoo
357
4.76%
29
Unilever
N.A.
4.55%
29
Nestlé
N.A.
4.55%
31
Microsoft
49
4.28%
32
Amazon.com
237
4.11%
33
Merrill Lynch
22
3.95%
34
Amgen
171
3.63%
34
J.P. Morgan Investment Bank
N.A.
3.63%
36
Kraft Foods
N.A.
3.25%
36
3M
97
3.25%
38
PricewaterhouseCoopers
N.A.
3.14%
38
Limited Brands
240
3.14%
40
IBM
15
3.09%
41
Diageo
N.A.
2.87%
42
Mattel
406
2.82%
43
Accenture
N.A.
2.76%
44
Marriott International
203
2.71%
44
Time Warner
48
2.71%
44
BMW
N.A.
2.71%
47
Toyota
N.A.
2.65%
48
Sony
N.A.
2.60%
48
eBay
383
2.60%
50
Ernst & Young
N.A.
2.54%
51
Harrah's Entertainment
254
2.38%
51
Deutsche Bank
N.A.
2.38%
53
General Mills
213
2.27%
53
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
11
2.27%
55
Southwest Airlines
276
2.11%
56
A.T. Kearney
N.A.
2.06%
56
Monitor Group
N.A.
2.06%
58
Medtronic
222
2.00%
59
KPMG
N.A.
1.95%
59
Eli Lilly
149
1.95%
61
Mercer Management Consulting
N.A.
1.89%
61
Wells Fargo
41
1.89%
61
Fidelity Investments
N.A.
1.89%
61
Pfizer
39
1.89%
65
Dell
34
1.79%
65
Anheuser-Busch
146
1.79%
67
Verizon Communications
13
1.68%
67
Discovery Communications
N.A.
1.68%
69
Colgate-Palmolive
200
1.62%
69
Merck
99
1.62%
71
FedEx
68
1.57%
71
Cisco Systems
77
1.57%
71
Abbott Laboratories
102
1.57%
71
UBS
N.A.
1.57%
71
Intel
62
1.57%
76
Mayo Clinic
N.A.
1.52%
76
Credit Suisse
N.A.
1.52%
78
Exxon Mobil
2
1.46%
78
BP
N.A.
1.46%
80
GlaxoSmithKline
N.A.
1.35%
81
Hewlett-Packard
14
1.30%
81
Novartis
N.A.
1.30%
83
Barclays Capital
N.A.
1.25%
83
Chevron
4
1.25%
83
McGraw-Hill
366
1.25%
83
Yum! Brands
262
1.25%
83
MGM Mirage
315
1.25%
83
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N.A.
1.25%
83
Washington Mutual
81
1.25%
90
Boeing
28
1.19%
91
Central Intelligence Agency
N.A.
1.14%
92
Wachovia Corp.
46
1.08%
92
Motorola
52
1.08%
92
American Airlines
101
1.08%
95
HSBC
N.A.
1.03%
95
Guidant
N.A.
1.03%
97
Best Buy
72
0.97%
97
Nokia
N.A.
0.97%
99
S.C. Johnson & Son
N.A.
0.92%
99
Kellogg
232
0.92%
101
Bear Stearns
138
0.87%
101
Pulte Homes
170
0.87%
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McKinsey & Company
22.28%
Google
21.46%
Goldman Sachs
19.78%
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Best-paying fields
In which industries do MBA candidates think they'll be best-compensated?
Venture capital
$107,919
Metals
$102,000
Management consulting
$101,404
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How we pick the 100 Top MBA Employers
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